Computer

Finding out that your computer has been compromised by a virus, trojan horse or worm is an unsettling feeling. You feel violated and perhaps want to shout out "Doh! How gullible can I be?" But don't be so hard on yourself. These days, these computer infestations come with little or no effort on your part. Before, you had to do something, such as click on an e-mail attachment, but now you can acquire one just by loading a Web page. In fact, why bother berating yourself when now we have a new virus that will take care of that?

Walmart.com is offering a new service called Music Downloads. On this portion of their site, visitors have a chance to legally download songs for their personal use for only 88 cents per song. Songs are available for download individually or some selections offer a complete album download. The download license of the Music Downloads service grants users the ability to download music to one computer and back up to up to two more computers. Users also can make up to 10 burns to a CD as well as make unlimited transfers to portable players.

LIBERTY — After waiting more than two years for a trial, attorneys for Brittany Miller began defending her Monday against the accusation she poisoned her grandfather, Leonard Walls, with antifreeze in a failed attempt to cash in his will. In a daring opening gambit, lead defense attorney Mark Stanziano told Casey Circuit Court jurors that it was Walls, not Miller, who Googled antifreeze poisoning on Miller’s computer and then ingested just enough of the stuff to take himself to death’s door, all in a desperate plea to get his beloved granddaughter’s attention.

There it was. The dreaded message on the computer screen: "You have just destroyed this computer; prepare to spend $1,000 for a new computer. " Well not exactly. But you know how the something-dreaded-happened part of our brain can work. A little problem can twinge anxiety as the situation mind-wise explodes into a catastrophe. Ann was working on a friend's laptop computer; actually trying to help out with software installation. The process was near completion. All that was left to do was to turn off the computer and then restart it. Then the dreaded happened.

Hezakyah Thorton was at a computer Saturday morning. On the screen was a cartoon cat and a basketball, and he was busy moving both characters around. This could be a typical scene on any Saturday morning for any youngster — a kid playing an interactive computer game at home. But Hezakyah wasn’t at home, and he was doing something more important than just playing a computer game. 21st Century skills Hezakyah was in a classroom at Bate Middle School, and the Hogsett Elementary School was learning how to build a computer game and, through that process, learning how to apply in a practical way the basic principals of everything from math and geometry to language arts and computer technology.

Charged — Randall Carr, 32, of Essie, was charged Tuesday with disregarding a traffic control device, driving under the influence of intoxicants, no seat belt and no insurance. Reports — At 1:36 p.m. Tuesday, Wayne C. Harrison of 217 Cook Ave. reported that a known female took some of his medication. — At 1 p.m. Friday, Andrea Stauter of 128 Cherokee Drive reported that someone took a laptop computer from her residence at 210 Locust Grove Road. The computer was located at a pawn shop.

LEXINGTON - Mark Starr, who was teaching students at Boyle County Middle School six months ago, now faces up to 30 years in prison without parole after pleading guilty Friday to 10 federal counts of child pornography in U.S. District Court in Lexington. Starr told U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman that he took pictures of the genitals of four girls, between the ages of 6 and 13, while they were sleeping. Starr had "care and custody" of the girls, three of whom were relatives.

Court documents reveal new details about what led investigators to Tuesday's arrest of a Danville photographer and the seizure of multiple electronic devices from his studio. Officers from Attorney General's Cyber Crimes unit arrested Terry Alan Hadley, 45, of Danville Tuesday after obtaining a search warrant for Aperture Studio on Wilderness Road. Investigators were alerted to possible pornographic photographs of children on Hadley's computer Dec. 11 after technicians at The Computer House saw suspicious images while transferring data from Hadley's computer to a separate hard drive.

University of Kentucky Extension Service District Board - 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at the extension service office to discuss horticulture agent position, parking lot addition and computer equipment purchases.

LIBERTY ? Prosecutors and the attorney for Brittany Miller agreed Monday to an early spring trial date for the Casey County teenager accused of trying to kill her grandfather, Leonard Walls, with antifreeze. Casey Circuit Judge James Weddle set April 6 for the attempted murder trial, which was initially scheduled for earlier this month but was postponed because Miller's attorney had not had a chance to examine a computer that was seized as evidence in the case. Defense attorney Mark Stanziano said Monday that his expert received the computer last week from prosecutors but will need time to examine its hard drive.